Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:15:08 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <007b01c162c6$783461b0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <005701c161f5$88800e60$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <008101c162a3$429a8a20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> <20011101111840.B6434@raggedclown.net>
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Cliff writes: > Since the Windows9X system is presumably dead > after Windows ME, and Microsoft systems become > more expensive, perhaps the desktop world of > Open systems is at a point in history where > it can step in. I don't think it is there yet, but Windows XP is definitely pushing in that direction. Unfortunately, no existing OS, including UNIX, can really compete with the Windows desktop realistically. Mac OS X exists mainly because the resources to write a new OS from scratch specifically for the destkop were not available. UNIX is a poor choice for a desktop OS, although it can be made to work--even the original versions of Windows NT had to be shifted away from true multiuser designs in order to better adapt them to the desktop. Overall, I really don't think you can have an OS that is ideally suited to _both_ server use and desktop use. This is why UNIX can't really hope to conquer the desktop, and it is also why Windows NT/2000 is having such a hard time battling against UNIX for servers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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